Magazine covers link Donald Trump to Nazis or Ku Klux Klan

German magazine Stern has become the latest respected international news publication to use a controversial cover image to condemn US President Donald Trump's apparent reluctance to condemn white supremacists, Neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan.

The President was backed by former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke, who thanked him for his "honesty and courage." In response, three magazines – The Economist, Der Spiegel and the New Yorker – have this week published covers that combine images of Trump with the white pointy KKK hood.

The Economist shows US President Donald Trump using a KKK loudhailer to amplify his viewsThe EconomistThe New Yorker cover depicted US President Donald Trump puffing up a sail in the shape of a Klansman hood with his own breathThe New YorkerGerman magazine Der Spiegel depicts US President Donald Trump as a supporter of the Ku Klux Klan with the strapline: 'The true face of Donald Trump'

The Nazi salute and US flag also feature on the cover of Time Magazine, though this time it is an anonymous figure rather than Trump, referring to the rise of hate groups in the US, such as the neo-Nazis, skinheads, Ku Klux Klan members and other white nationalists who gathered in Charlottesville to "take America back".

Time Magazine uses the American flag draped on an anonymous figure giving the Nazi saluteTime Magazine